Fidel Castro is a dynamic and charismatic leader, who has led Cuba through success and failures since 1959. Son of a rich landowner, he became a radical revolutionary who attempted to overthrow the government in 1956 with a tiny band of followers. Using propaganda and subversion as much as sudden attacks from his mountain hideout, he gained victory... more...

The award-winning author presents a provocative, thoroughly modern revisionist biographical history of one of America?s greatest and most influential families?the Roosevelts?exposing heretofore unknown family secrets and detailing complex family rivalries with his signature cinematic flair. Drawing on previously hidden historical documents and interviews... more...

Before Agatha Christie, there was America?s Mistress of Mystery. This is the story of her life and creative legacy, from the butler who did it to Batman. In the decades since her death in 1958, master storyteller Mary Roberts Rinehart has often been compared to Agatha Christie. But while Rinehart was once a household name, today she is largely... more...

Plutarch's Lives of the Noble Greeks and Romans, commonly called Parallel Lives or Plutarch's Lives, is a series of biographies of famous men, arranged in tandem to illuminate their common moral virtues or failings. The surviving Parallel Lives, contain twenty-three pairs of biographies, each pair consisting of one Greek and one Roman, as well as four... more...

A respected Fleet Street journalist with more than forty years of experience, Michael Evans? life and career have been shaped significantly by his experiences as a war reporter. Over the course of his career, Michael has developed a reputation for having some of the best contacts in the defence, military and intelligence world. He has covered six... more...

A respected Fleet Street journalist with more than forty years of experience, Michael Evans? life and career have been shaped significantly by his experiences as a war reporter. Over the course of his career, Michael has developed a reputation for having some of the best contacts in the defence, military and intelligence world. He has covered six... more...

On the centenary of the death of Rasputin comes a definitive biography that will dramatically change our understanding of this fascinating figure A hundred years after his murder, Rasputin continues to excite the popular imagination as the personification of evil. Numerous biographies, novels, and films recount his mysterious rise to power... more...

'I like thinking big. I always have. To me it's very simple: If you're going to be thinking anyway, you might as well think big.' ? Donald J. Trump Here is Trump in action ? how he runs his business and how he runs his life ? as he meets the people he needs to meet, chats with family and friends, clashes with enemies, and changes the face of the... more...